Combination packing and display box



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COMBINATION PACKING AND DISPLAY BOX Filed Sept. 9. 1926 Fig. I

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Patented Sept. 6, 1927.

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Application filed September 9, 1926. Serial No. 134,386.

This invention relates to improvements in box construction, my principalobject being to providea box in which the goods may be both'packed forshipment and storage and subsequently displayed without removing thegoods or the cover from the box.

T have particularly in mind to provide a box for packing and displayingmens shirts and the like, a number of which of different designs arecustomarily packed in superimposed order in cardboard boxes. With thetype of box usually employed it is necessary when showing the shirts toa prospective customer, to take the lid off the box and remove theshirts one by one or fold them back individually so that all the shirtdesigns can be seen. This of course not only consumes time but rendersthe shirts liable to become soiled or otherwise damaged by theunavoidable handling thereof.

My improved box eliminates the above 0bjectionable features as will beevident from an inspection of the drawings and a perusal of thefollowing specification.

A further object of my invention is to provide a box for the purpose inwhich the display feature may be incorporated in a box of the ordinaryconstruction without necessitating any radical changes being made insuch construction.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposefor which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claim.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views:

Fig. 1 is a perspective elevation of my improved box. 7

Fig. 2 is a. cross section of the boxlook ing toward the window endthereof.

Referring now more particularly'to the characters of reference on thedrawings, the box, of suitable rectangular form and size for itspurpose, has side and end walls 1 and 2 respectively. The box is coveredby a removable lid 3 which has flanges 4 overlapping the sides and endsof the box. One end wall of the box is out out for the major portion ofits area to form a window 5, which is covered by a 'pane6 of substantialcelluloid or similar transparent material. In shirt boxes the lidflanges are usually somewhat deep, and I therefore cut away a portion ofan end flange of the lid, as at'7, so that said flange will not overhangand partly cover the window. This, however, is

of course not necessary if the lid flanges are initially made shallow.l/Vhen packing shirts in such boxes it is customary to fold the shirtstransversely intermediate their ends and insert them in the box insuperimposed order with the fold adjacent one endwall as indicated at 9.lVith my improved box the shirts are placed in this order and so thatthe fold faces the window. In this manner the designof the shirt goodsis visible through the window, the depthof which is sufiicient to enableall shirts to be seen from outside the box, as indicated in Fig.

1. It will therefore be seen that removing and handling of the shirts,in order to give the prospective customer an idea of the designs orpatterns of the shirt goods, is unnecessary with my improved box.

There are various ways in which the cellu- 1':- loid pane may be mountedin place. I prefer, however, to make use of certain stand ard featuresof box construction for holding and locating this pane.- In such boxesas ordinarily constructed the sides and bottom pieces of the box haveflaps 8 at their ends, which are turned into receive the end wall 2 ofthe box thereagainst. This end wall is a separate piece and is glued tothe flaps. I cut the window throughsaid end wall so that its edgespractically aline with the inner edges of the flaps. I then utilize aportion of the space between the flaps and are readily discernible, Thegoods can therefore be gone over for any purpose, selected or readilyinventoried without the necessity of taking down and'opening the boxes.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

WVhile this specification, setsforth in de tail the present andpreferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviationsfrom such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from thespirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A combination shipping and display box comprising side, bottom and endmembers, the side and bottom members having inturned flaps to which theends are secured, one end being cut out to form a window, the edges ofthe window substantially alining with the inner edges of the flaps, anda transparent pane interposed and secured between the'fiaps and theedges of the cut-out end.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM D. TAM.

